Military coup in Turkey

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Nothing like the tyranical retaliation towards a failed coup to make a military dictatorship seem like the right choice.

Absolutely, and there are several historical examples we can point to [Mubarek, post Sadat; Sukarno/Suharto in 1965; etc.]. Yet this was not a faked coup staged for the purpose of allowing a political crackdown [Reichstag fire of 1933]. Erdogan is simply acting -- fairly logically really -- to remove opposition that has already gone outside the law to try to remove him from power.

Obviously, it could be used to further a dictatorship -- Islamic websites are praising the Islamic character of Erdogan's support and encouraging Turkey to reject Kemal Attaturk's "coup." So some support does exist for Erdogan to consolidate power and revamp the republic. We shall see what we shall see.